Barnard.
A surname transferred from the given name.
Meaning & usage
A surname transferred from the given name.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Putnam County, Indiana.
A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Lincoln County, Kansas, named after railroad official J. F. Barnard.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Marion Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan.
A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Nodaway County, Missouri, also named after J. F. Barnard.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Brown County, South Dakota.
A number of places in the United States: A town and unincorporated community therein, in Windsor County, Vermont, originally named Bernard.
Where this word comes from
English, Dutch, and French surname, variant of Bernard. This sense is also found in Slavic borrowings (Polish, Slovenian, Czech). Also Americanized from German Bernhard, Bernhardt, of the same meaning.
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